Juventus 2-1 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 29 October 2016

Result

Juventus 2-1 Napoli

Serie A · Saturday 29 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Juventus · Napoli · Serie A predictions

Juventus 2-1 Napoli: match report

Juventus defeated Napoli 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 29 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Leonardo Bonucci opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Juventus's goals came from Leonardo Bonucci (50') and Gonzalo Higuaín (70'). Napoli scored through José Callejón (54').

Discipline: Juventus received 4 yellow cards; Napoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Juventus were 1st on 24 points from 10 and Napoli 3rd on 20 points from 10. Juventus went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Napoli 3rd with 86.

Juventus lined up in a 3-5-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Leonardo Bonucci of Juventus (8.3), ahead of Gonzalo Higuaín (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Juventus wins, 2 draws and 2 for Napoli.

Going into the match Juventus's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Napoli's W-W-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Giorgio ChielliniJuventus
  • 22'Yellow card · Alex SandroJuventus
  • 30'Yellow card · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli
  • 50'Goal · Leonardo BonucciJuventus · 1-0
  • 54'Goal · José CallejónNapoli · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Wade ElliottJuventus
  • 70'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínJuventus · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Mario MandžukićJuventus

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Juventus 6, draws 2, Napoli 2.

Team news

Juventus line-up (3-5-2)

Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Miralem Pjanić, Sami Khedira, Hernanes, Alex Sandro, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Gonzalo Higuaín, Mario Mandžukić

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Vlad Chiricheș, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Allan, Marek Hamšík, Amadou Diawara, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne